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Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
Sat May 28, 2016, 08:52 PM May 2016

"Only the little people pay taxes"

Trump belongs on this list of tax cheats .... in fact he is so much like Leona Helmsley he should be known as "The King of Mean". He is hiding something by not releasing his tax returns. The question is; did he pay anything in taxes all these years? He brags about paying as little taxes as possible so the rest of us, "little people", have to cover it for him. He is a miser with a capital "M".



Leona Helmsely died in 2007 at age 87, and some people may not know of her past prominence. In her heyday, she was as big as Donald Trump or Kim Kardashian. And she was colorful too. A billionaire, she was convicted of tax fraud that started with small and obvious acts of evasion. She had a harsh persona too, earning her the nickname the “Queen of Mean.”

During her tax evasion trial, a former employee testified that Helmsley said: “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” By “we”, she meant not only herself but her husband, New York tycoon Harry Helmsley. ‘Only little people pay taxes’ became America’s version of ‘let them eat cake.’

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2015/04/17/10-notorious-tax-cheats-queen-of-mean-leona-helmsley-proved-little-people-can-put-you-in-jail/#6240bd9f1a38
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"Only the little people pay taxes" (Original Post) Miigwech May 2016 OP
One of the biggest reasons they want Hillary and why we really need Bernie! Dustlawyer May 2016 #1
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Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
1. One of the biggest reasons they want Hillary and why we really need Bernie!
Sat May 28, 2016, 09:32 PM
May 2016

Bernie has made it clear that the tax code is going to go back to fair. They haven't been paying for many years because the root problem goes back to where the wealthy legally bribe politicians for the laws/tax code loopholes so they don't pay.

How much longer must we put up with this crap! I don't mind paying my share, but it sucks when my share is so much more because they don't pay! Deteriorating morals leave greed unchecked. Now many of the Plutocrats are as shameless as the Walmart Board and the Walton family.

It should be law for Presidents, House and Senate leadership, and I know this will never happen, but SCOTUS as well to release their returns. The reason being that now the Republicans, Trump and their last nominee Willard Mitt Rmoney would not release them as customary. You can judge intelligence and deceit by seeing even their most recent returns. How stupid to Run for President and think you can get away with it?

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